Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read

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Having your own blog isnat just for the nerdy anymore. Today, it seems everyoneafrom multinational corporations to a neighbor up the streetahas a blog. They all have one, in part, because the folks at WordPress make it easy to have one. But to actually build a good blogato create a blog people want to readatakes thought, planning, and some effort. From picking a theme and using tags to choosing widgets and building a community, creating your blog really starts after youave set it up. In Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read by blogger extraordinaire Scott McNulty, youall learn how to: Install and get your WordPress site running. Set up your site to ensure it can easily grow with you and your readers. Be the master of user accounts. Manage your site with the WordPress Dashboard and extend its capabilities with plug-ins. Make the most of images. Work with pages, templates, and links andaof courseapublish your posts. Use custom post types and taxonomies to bend WordPress to your will. Deal with commentsaif you even want readers commenting at all. Find a theme and make it your own.Keeping your plug-ins up to date used to be a manual process, but nowadays,
WordPress keeps track of your plug-ins and alerts you when updates are
available. A small speech-bubble number appears next to the Plugins item in the
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Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read

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Scott McNulty

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Pearson Education - 2010-12-03

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